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Serjeant 4725
Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion (City of London Regiment)
Died 13-October-1918 aged 26
William was born in 1892 in Banstead Surrey.
He was the son of Frederick Farley and Emily Parsons of 13 Mint Cottages, Park Road, Banstead. Frederick Farley, originally from Burgh Heath was a General Labourer.
William was one of four children, the others recoded in census as an elder brother, Charles Frederick, and two younger sisters, Emily and Rose Farley.
At the age of eighteen William was a domestic gardener in Banstead.
The 13th (Service) Battalion was formed at Hounslow on 13 September 1914 as part of K3 and attached as Army Troops to 24th Division. In March 1915 the battalion was transferred to then 111th Brigade of the 37th Division. They landed at Boulogne on 30 July 1915.
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Grave Reference: XIII. D. 15.
ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD
BRITISH CEMETERY,
MANANCOURT Somme, France.
Source : Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
All Saints Church
Memorial Banstead, Surrey.
Linda Payne who supplied details of
the family in November 2009.
http://www.1914-1918.net/royalfus.htm for
info on Royal Fusiliers
Theatre of War on some records is shown
as Aldershot.. This is an error should read 'France &
Flanders'.
The following may be relevant but the year needs to be
confirmed
The 13th Royal Fusiliers attacked with 13th KRRC
and were supported by the 10th Royal Fusiliers. Both battalions were in
111th Brigade on 4th October. The Day-by-Day Account notes that 'attacking
at 6 am, they came under fire from a blockhouse and Lewis Farm, which had
been missed by the barrage. This hindered the Fusiliers as they performed
a wheeling manoeuvre with the aim of taking the dug-outs strung out in the
northern part of Gheluvelt Wood. As they wheeled they came under increased
fire from Lewis Farm and the blockhouse and were forced to dig in short of
their final objective'.
Diary
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8199422&queryType=1&resultcount=178
Last
updated 25 November 2009 following information received from Linda
Payne.
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